From: "John T. Duryea" <jtduryea-AT-dmv.com>
Subject: Re: Nietzsche on Mill and Darwin
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 19:39:45 -0600


Take a chill pill, dude. It's called "contrapuntal dialogue".
Like an ollie, once you get the hang of it, it's phat.

Your favorite scrub,

John T. Duryea


>John's latest pronouncement:
>
>>Dumber than a shucked oyster!
>>
>>It is only in the "late" decadent phase of a culture that
>>homosexuality begins to assume a patina of
>>semi-respectability. Prior to that, it has been the
>>collective wisdom of society to abhor this type of
>>behavior as evinced by the legal system as well
>>as religious teachings. Now, why is that society
>>has deemed this necessary? You have not a
>>scintilla of actual fact to back up your imaginings
>>that homosexuality provides a survival advantage
>>to society. A rationalist can rationalise anything is
>>all you've proven.
>
>Dumber that a shucked oyster, indeed! You might try actually arguing
against
>my points. I don't need "a scintilla of actual fact" because I am neither
>arguing against nor for the genetic basis for homosexuality. You are the
one
>who is vociferating about homosexuality not possibly being genetic--I'm
>merely pointing out some of the gaping holes in the otherwise entirely
>threadbare arguments you have chosen to offer. Although, calling them
>"arguments," even threadbare ones, is perhaps giving you a great deal more
>credit than you deserve--primarily they are just opinions for which I doubt
>you have a scintilla of credible reasoning to back up.
>
>[Ignoring entirely everything else I wrote.............]
>
>>Nietzsche was quite prescient when he wrote the democratic
>>movement inherits the Christian. To have high status within
>>the democratic system, greater glory, one is best to
>>be a member of a persecuted minority. Vicious attacks on the
>>existing social order and morality are therefore quite appropriate
>>in advancing your particular cause. In the final analysis, what
>>these little sects conspire towards is nihilism, pure and
>>simple. But it will not come to that, it must not come to
>>that.
>>
>>In the political realm, with the becoming Imperium, this repugnant
>>witches' brew of Marxism, Darwinism and late Christianity will
>>have a stake driven through its heart. The final struggle for
>>the soul of the state has already begun. The time draws nigh
>>to take the offensive and wrest back political control of the state
>>from these miserable usurpers.
>
>Your "becoming Imperium," if it is anything like the last attempt at such
>(the Third Reich), will be rife with queers, from top to bottom! Dream on!
>
>Since you have chosen to entirely ignore EACH AND EVERY THING that I have
>said, I can only assume that you entirely agree with me on each and every
>point that I have brought up. I will assume your silence to be your assent.
>Glad to have you on my side, John! Of course, if you do wish to register a
>point of non-agreement, please be specific and, if at all possible,
logical.
>On the other hand, John, you should regard my silence, which will
recommence
>immediately following this post, as the utter rejection of whatever you may
>have said or may still say.
>
>Eubie the Mensch
>
>
>
>
>
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>¦ E-Mail: callihan-AT-callihan.com ¦-F. Nietzsche, The Gay Science, 346.¦
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